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Hey, everybody.

As the year comes to a close, I wanted to take a chance to update you guys on Stand Up 2 Cancer and the great things have happened since the three-network telethon in September.

In connection with that effort on CBS, NBC and ABC, SU2C has raised more than $100 million for cutting-edge research. Two-hundred and thirty-seven teams of scientists sent submissions, and a group of eight finalists will submit detailed proposals for the chance to win a Dream Team Grant, to be awarded in 2009.

If you watched the telethon, you might remember a very special 11-year-old girl named Pearce Quesenberry.

When we met her, she was battling a brain tumor. Her doctors and her parents had decided on a very aggressive treatment, including 31 rounds of radiation and four rounds of chemotherapy.

Pearce experienced fatigue and terrible stomach pains. At the time of our meeting, she needed a tube for nutrition. She was unable to eat food, and she lost her long, curly brown hair.

She was receiving experimental ...

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It's been a whirlwind of activity for weeks now, preparing for a program that's been more than a year in the making. Usually we're competitors – but now I'm happy to say my network colleagues Brian Williams and Charlie Gibson will join me for this a landmark TV event called "Stand Up To Cancer."

We've designed it as a special time in which Americans can come together for a commercial-free hour to help raise the money needed to eradicate this disease, which claims more than half a million lives in this country every year – that's one American who dies every second.

On the show tonight, you'll see everything from entertainment to scientific breakthroughs. We'll have musical performances (James Taylor and Sheryl Crow to name a couple) and show you the future of cancer research, including some cutting-edge innovations.

So, check it out on any of the three networks tonight (though of course you'll be tuned to CBS!) at 8 p.m. ET/PT or 7 p.m. CT. Or you can learn more about our exciting endeavor at StandUp2Cancer.org.

See you tonight!

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